Broken Servo Tab

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Re: Broken Servo Tab

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vintage AE wrote:From my experience, shoe goo is flexible and works good for fixing bodies such as the rear end of the 10T body there it always breaks. Since it's flexible I'm not sure how well it would do against a high torque situation.
The flexibility would be relative to the thickness. Between two hard, flat surfaces in a thin layer, flexibility isn't an issue. That's why so many racers recommend it, even over quality double-sided tape. I'd bet those little tabs would break off more easily in a bad crash...which seems to be the case here.
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Re: Broken Servo Tab

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Coelacanth wrote:
vintage AE wrote:From my experience, shoe goo is flexible and works good for fixing bodies such as the rear end of the 10T body there it always breaks. Since it's flexible I'm not sure how well it would do against a high torque situation.
The flexibility would be relative to the thickness. Between two hard, flat surfaces in a thin layer, flexibility isn't an issue. That's why so many racers recommend it, even over quality double-sided tape. I'd bet those little tabs would break off more easily in a bad crash...which seems to be the case here.
hummmm, maybe there is an experiment to be had here.

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Re: Broken Servo Tab

Post by Charlie don't surf »

There is a reason KO makes an aluminum servo case for 1/8 scale and crawler applications- the torque that it can be subjected to is really impressive. Although crawlers rarely move fast enough to have a "crash" , sometimes wedging between a rock and a hard place is bound to break something-

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Re: Broken Servo Tab

Post by vintage AE »

I see your point Reg, but let's face it, I crashed it lol

I've put this Wraith through a lot. I plan on giving it a while lot more respect once I add all of the hopups.

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